Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-10

a1ake to the realizstion of her many
superior advantages, aud 20 the necessity
+ disclosing to the world the treasures
she has so long concealed.
DENVER AND FORT WORTH.
So far, have been speaking more par
ticularly of the states of Colorado and
Texas, and of the country tributary TO
| them. word now about Denver aud
Fort Worth-the future great business
ceaters Of the Rocky mountains and OF
the southwest, as they are now the &C
kooWledged metropolitan cities CT their
respective ststes-and have done.
there are many points Of resemblance
between these two places. What Denver
is to Kansas City, Minneapolis and Chi
csgo, IL the north, that is Fort Worth to
Birmingham, Chattanooga and Atlanta,
in the south. They are ccnters Of tire
less activity, OF dauntless enterprise.
Their citizens are, in the high
est degree, public spirited, and distln-
guished for q determination ard
& perseverance, that triumphs over all OBJ
stacles. Fort Worth, as Denver is in
! Colorado, is the great railroad center Of
Texas. 1t has now nine outlets by rail,
and all the great railways operating in the
state pass through Fort Worth. Aud as
many new roads are rapidly pushing
towards Denver, SO likewise are several
! powerful railway corporations now in the
race for Fort Worth. The population of
Fort Worth, it is true, is not so great as
thst of Denver, tor it is not, if We can
count the time since it began the onward
march that now chara CteriZes il, as old.
1t occupies, indeed, what was the site of
military post in $40, but there was no
population here to speak Of until 1876,
| the year Colorado was admitted into the
sisterhood of ststes, when the total
number of inhabitants was no more than
1900 New it is over $4,000, and is
rapidly increasing, and the increment
| Is as healthy as it is rapid. The people
of Fort Worth, like those Of Denver, are
people who have extensive interests in or
near their respective cities, and are peo-
| pie who have come to stay. AS in
Denver, you will here find many-tAe
number would surprise you-Who are
distinguished for superior intelligence
J snd refinement. Ore csn here enjoy all
the advantages and amenities of cultured
social intercourse that can be found in
! Denver or in many OF the older and more
pretenuou5 cities of the east
Like Denver, too, Fort Worth is
beautifully located and enjoys that
greatest OF heavens blessings to a
large city a healthful climate
and pure water. AS in Denver,
portable water, Of the purest and sweet
est kind, is obtained from srtesien wells,
which are here found in every part of the
| city. There are at present about 25O of
them, varying in depth from $50 to $50
| feet.
The city appears to rest upon subter.
ranean lake and the supply of water is
apparently ineXhaustible.
EFFECTS OF UNION.
Such then being the resources of Texas
and Colorado, as above indicated such
being their mutual wants and capabilities
of meeting these wants, as pointed out;
and such being the two chief canters OF
business activity, as we have seen Den
yer and Fort Worth to be, one c4D, st
glance understand the reciprocal sd
vantages resulting from having two
! such extensive territories, end
two such important railroad
| termini, brought into the most intimate
end the most friendly inter-communicg-
ton. Besides developing the country
already tributary TO these growing com
mercial centers, direct line OF railway
uniting the two cities will deveIp an i'm
mense tract OF territory, not the least i'm
portant Of which is the Panhandle of
Texas, that so far, for want OF proper
railway communication, has been practi-
Cally shut IF from the rest OF the coun-
try. Already, as the road progresses,
new towns are springing up as if by
magic and immigrants are pouring into
this section of country by thousands and
finding for themselves comfortable and
hsppV homes,
Too much, therefore, cannot be done
toward furtheriDg closer union between
| Colorado and Texas than has hitherto ex-
listed and, for the same reason, too much
cannot be done towards fastening
thorough understanding regarding their
mutual advantages between the two rep
reSentatiye cities in these states-Fort
Worth and Denver. When the Y
come thoroughly to appreciate thelr
mutual relationship to each other, and
fully TO realize the wonderful vantage
grounds they both possess as com
mercial centres, and as the chief dis.
tributing points Of an immense amount
Of traffic over almost boundless stretches
of territory, then, indeed, may the
"Queen of the Prsiries,' as Fort Worth
is happily called, join hands with the
"Queen City of the Palms." and work
together in the assurance of being in the
near future the acknowledged emporia Ct
the great west, and Of the great south
west, and of occupying 8 conspicuous
| position among the greatest trade cen
| tiers Of the republic. J.A.Z.